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UW Dawg Dash - Run10k
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Comments: The race was great; well organized and things went smoothely. The late start was due to an inordinate amount of people doing day of race registrations. Unfortunately this also translated into them running out of goodie bags at the end, and I came in at the first half of the pack for 10kers! That was a bummer! My run, however, was horrible. It was completely due to being sick, and I will definitely do this race again when I'm feeling good. It was such a beautiful day and it's a great, challenging course. What would you do differently?: Well if I had any control, I wouldn't have gotten sick! I also would not have worn long sleeves. I was so hot it wasn't even funny, but the day before I was sleeveless and cold. It's so hard to tell at this time of year. Post race
Warm down: I found Roy and he could tell right away that something was wrong. Found some water and left him standing in line to get me some food while I looked for a restroom. About halfway there I simply could not take another step, so I sat down on the track. Dash and Roy came over to find me laying on the track. Dash snuggled his head onto my shoulder and I just grabbed him and cried. I felt so horrible. Pancreatitis makes me really thirsty so I tried to down as much water as I could without throwing up (rarely happens, but it sure felt like it might this time). We made our way to the car and I laid back and went to sleep. Roy took the dogs to the dog park while I recouperated in the car for an hour, letting it get really hot. I slept and was feeling slightly better on the way home. Let's hope I've had my one "bad race" for my life! That was SO not fun! What limited your ability to perform faster: Getting sick. Event comments: It was a great race! I would have liked to have seen more cheering and encouragement from the course support, but oh well! Last updated: 2006-10-22 12:00 AM
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We got to the UW bright and early and parked. I was trying to decide if I wanted to take Dash on the run, since he is my running partner. I had concerns about slowing down to clean up after him, though. We left them in the car and went to pick up our packets. After getting the shirt (which I will send to my Dad) we looked EVERYWHERE for an open bathroom, finally going back to some of the baseball fields about half mile away to use a porta-potty. Of course there were closer ones, but we were dumb.
As it became apparent that the event was not going to start on time, we stood around trying to stay warm. I realized slowly that I really wasn't feeling very well! What a bummer, but I suppose at some point it's bound to happen that I am sick on a race, since I do so many. We stood back waiting for the 5k group to start and the longer I stood there, the more achey and cold I got. I hoped it was just due to the fact that, at that point, it really WAS quite cold coupled with having run a hard ten miles the day before. After all, we're only three weeks out from my last marathon...so maybe that was it (I hoped in vain).
As we finally started into the corral I knew I was wrong. I was indeed getting sick. Crossing my arms over my chest brought pain (they hit where my pancreas is). It looked like I was getting "Hankreatitis." I considered turning around and telling Roy I couldn't run, but then decided to just go ahead and go. Worst thing that would happen is I wouldn't be able to finish.